Daughter of art history : photographs / by Yasumasa Morimura ; introduction by Donald Kuspit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morimura, Yasumasa, 1951-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Morimura, Yasumasa, 1951-.

Morimura, Yasumasa.

Photography, Artistic.

Photography--Japan.

Photography.

Japan.

Physical Description:

128 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Aperture, 2003.

Summary:

Daughter of Art History is an elaborate deception; a fake art history in which Rembrandt, Jesus Christ, van Gogh, the Mona Lisa, Frida Kahlo, and Cindy Sherman have all been hijacked and replaced. Where once the viewer's gaze met the eyes of a reclining female nude, a European master painter, or a Western religious icon, that gaze is now returned by the hauntingly photo-realistic eyes of a Japanese man.

Since the early eighties, Yasumasa Morimura has been invading the established canon of Western art -- offering both wry commentary and loving tribute -- by replacing the figures and faces of its well-known masterpieces with his own. After painstakingly re-creating the surroundings of some of art history's most iconic paintings, like a chameleon, Morimura assumes their subjects' identities through elaborate makeup and costume, and inserts himself into the scene. To view the resulting photographs is an uncanny experience.

ISBN:

1931788073

OCLC:

52180876